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ALFRED. OAVILEER, WILLIAM MQOUDDY, AND PHILIP N. WOLISTON, OFSPRINGFIELD. OHIO.

Letters Patent 1V0. 60,689, dated- January I, 1867.

IMPROVED ICE-CREAM FREEZER.

TO ALL WHOIWI IT MAY OONOERNI 1 Be it known that we, PHILIP N WOLISTON,ALFRED CAVILEER, and WILLIAM MeCUDDY, of Springfield, in

the county of Clark, and State of Ohio, have invented a new and improvedFreezer for Ice Cream and other substances; and we do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof,which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same,reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings forming part of thisspecification, in which Figure is a'central vertical section of myinvention, taken on the plane of the line a: 2:, fig. 2.

Figure 2 is a transverse section taken on the line 3 3 fig. 1.

-Our inveutionconsists, first, in the combination with the revolvingfreezing-cylinder of a hollow central tube, which surrounds the post onwhich the cylinder revolves, and which is open at the bottom, wherebythe cream is more expeditiously frozen; second, in connecting the lid ofthe revolving pylinder and the crank together, so as to be in one piece.

A-designates the'tub or box in which the revolving cylinder is arranged.This tub may be of any desired shape and size, but it is preferred tohave it larger at the top than at the bottom, so that the ice may beworked from the bottom toward the top. B is the revolving cylinder; thisis open at its top, and is provided with a cover, C, having attached toit a crank, a, for revolving the cylinder; a pin, 6, connected to thecover, enters a socket on the side of the cylinder, so as to hold thecover and prevent it revolving on the top of the cylinder. D is a hollowtube, open at the bottom this surrounds a pivot-rod, E. A cross-piece,O, at the bottom of the tube, serves to steady the cylinder in itsrevolution. Upon the top of this tube D thereis aplate, G, having twopins, d a7, rising from it; one of these serves, in connection with aneye in a bolt, 2, to hold the plate G, the said pin passing through ahole made in the pivot-rod E. This plate G has 2. lug or arm extendingfrom two opposite sides, and to these arms as well as to a collar, H,surrounding the tube near its bottom, are two upright strips, I I. Toeach strip, but on alternate sides, are secured lifting-plates,ff,-whichare inclined upward. The arms and lifting-plates are held rigid, and thecylinder B, containing the cream, is revolved around it; hence theselifting-plates serve to throw the frozen cream from the bottom towardthe top of the cylinder as fast as frozen, and thisexpedites thefreezing of the whole massto a great extent, and they also serve toscrape from the sides of the cylinder. On the outside of the cylinder Bthere are secured a number of loops, 9, which are inclined upward. Whenrevolving the cylinder these not only stir the ice, but serve asconductors directing cold air up from the bottom of the tub to the toparound the sides of the cylinders.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent 1. The hollow tube D, open at the bottom, andsurrounding the pivot-rod E, constructed as described, operating withthe revolvingcylinder B, in combination with plate G, pins d, and stripsI, to which the upwardly inclined lifting-plates ff, are secured, allsubstantially as described for the pur ose specified.

2. We claim the cover O, and crank a, connected together substantiallyas and for the purpose specified.-

The above specification of our invention signed by us this 10th day ofJuly, 1866.

PHILIP N. WOLISTON, {XLFRED OAVILEER,

Witnesses: WILLIAM McOUDDY.

REUBEN MILLER,

J. CHRISTIE.

